A headmistress and her husband have been charged with the murder of 23
children who died at a school in northern India after eating school lunches
laced with insecticide.

The children, from a village in Bihar, India’s poorest state, started vomiting
and collapsing within minutes of eating the meal of lentils, potatoes and
rice on July 16. It had been prepared for them as part of the country’s
midday meal programme.

The teacher, Meena Devi, and her husband, Arjun Rai, have both been charged on
at least five counts including murder and attempted murder, after a police
investigation claimed that